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While Vallaki burns, our exhausted heroes do their best to garner aid. Hecktor tries the age-old diplomatic tactic of fists before resorting to larceny while Pip has to deal with bats. Lots and lots of bats.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hiding from a creature that sees all can seem like an impossible task. And you’d be entirely correct. No matter what you do or where you hide, it can and will find you. The best course of action is to not concern yourself with something so trivial as surviving and instead just accept that your choices led you here and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Good luck. Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When striking a deal with a creature that wants to help, the most important thing is to know what you and it can both offer each other. If, for example, you can offer your friend to be eaten instead of yourself and, for example, the creature counters with the confidence that it can eat both you and said friend, coming to a compromise is going to be a bit tricky when in reality all you can truly offer it is a slightly faster moving meal.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Humanity is great at one thing above all: storytelling. We don’t have the sharpest claws, our teeth don’t tear into flesh the same way as, say, a bears does nor can we stalk our victims quite as well. There are creatures out there better at running, climbing, swimming, swarming and so much more. But we can follow a story. And what is tracking if not a simple story? You wound your victim, it runs off and you follow their blood drops like bread crumbs on a trail. It’s simple. But nothing can truly ever prepare you for what comes next at the end of the trail in the Lonely Tower. Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To witness the infinite vacuum of space is a novel experience. To realise how truely insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things can really do wonders for your psyche. Combine that with a melting room and a fully licensed bar seemingly out of no where, it comes as no surprise when the creature takes this opportunity to strike.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are certain moments in life when you make a choice so profound that every choice that led you up to this moment and every choice leading away from this moment is insignificant by comparison. It needn’t be a difficult choice or one that requires much reflection. All that matters is a choice is made. Because once that choice is made the die is cast and the creature will consume.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All’s quiet below deck. The gentle rocking of waves lapping the side of the hull, the rhythmic turning of gears as the machine man goes to work. It’s out there. Somewhere. Lightning illuminates the sky signalling the oncoming storm. A deep rumble coming from the horizon. All the while two men wait patiently in the bowls of the ship. Waiting. Listening. For the creature to knock.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A recently down on their luck Fish and her “trusty” “automaton” that she is “totally in control of” and “not at all sentient” get hired to hunt a real big fish. Unbeknownst to the crew, they're not the only one on the hunt.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party gets educated about theology as they encounter one of Strahd’s vampire husbands. Pip once again hurts the ones closest to him while Hecktor gets to experience being food.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s one thing after another as Hecktor and Agogash go on the lamb. Pip does his best to track them both while Hector experiences elf heaven on the back of a horse.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It all culminates here where the party must try and rescue Hecktor from the watery comma mass. Pip awkwardly has to ask Elanial for help while Hecktor experiences the many consequences of overusing a god.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the silly season in Vallaki so join in on the festivities and come see one of the many incredible spectacles at this year's parade, honoring all manner of traditions and heritages! Here’s hoping nothing untoward will happen to our highly flammable and easily combustible floats! Security is lax and we really must stress how quickly these things can go up with just the smallest spark.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The gods of healing no longer shine on Barovia. Hecktor gets ambushed by an unexpected foe while Pip almost gets interrupted trying to dispose of a body.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party reveals that not everyone was particularly good at hide and seek growing up. Things go from good to really bad as Hecktor deals with Penia struggling to keep it together while Pip falls apart.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all learn a little bit more about Pip’s time in Barovia and the people he abandoned before making several plans on how to handle the many and various monsters threatening Vallaki. Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party learns a new and interesting version of a classic nursery rhyme! Hecktor transgresses to his time under a strict authority figure while Pip explains how small town politics has led to everyone hiding from the town guard on trumped up charges.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party learns some very important information on all the things Cribit the Amazing hates as well as something about some dad and a royal, but that’s not important. Hecktor goes through all the evidence he has collected with a wild fury while Pip reunites with some unwanted friends. Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cribit the Amazing misses out on a very exciting and climatic scene which is very upsetting for him and by proxy, you. Hecktor has a big day out haggling for a new sword and investigating the mysterious disappearance of the tanner next door while Pip does his best to spy on the upper class.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party take it in turns to be roasted by one of the greatest insult comics Barovia has ever seen, Hecktor has a very drunken heart to heart with Pip and in doing so causes them to miss out on one of the greatest love stories ever told. Hecktor enjoys some retail therapy while Pip’s past catches up with him.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unbeknownst to the party, Vallaki is infiltrated by wolves. Pip has a very tense conversation with a bartender while Hecktor starts to think he made a tiny huge mistake.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start in the Vistani tradition: with a story. The party tries to sneak Pip into Vallaki with varying amounts of success. Pip reluctantly stops an abduction while Hecktor lets some very important information slip that certainly won’t have grave consequences. We assure you.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party are ambushed by direst wolves almost immediately and give Boris a memory he will never forget. Pip deals with a legless zombie while Hecktor has some issues.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party admire some works of art for the purpose of research and have a long conversation about the local food and wine of Barovia. Hecktor and Esmeralda come up with a game plan while Pip does his best to not make friends.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party are stopped in their tracks by angry and sentient shrubbery and are then blindsided by the druids controlling them. Pip is afraid of the dark while Hecktor learns to delegate.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party attempt to make a long and arduous ride as comfortable as possible. Hecktor calls from the ether a creature of heavenly importance while Pip remembers a tense encounter at the monastery.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party try their best to not to become werewolves and debate the ethical issue of killing werewolves after killing a lot of werewolves. Pip sides with the assassin while Hecktor burns with righteous fury.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party try their best to not attract werewolves. Pip attempts to hunt for fresh meat but gets upstaged by A'Gogash while Hecktor hears arguments if he is or is not the chosen one and then wanders out into a lake.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flipping through book after book in the library, the party try desperately to find any information that might help then in their current and future predicaments. Pip has his first bath in about eleven months and casually betrays the party while Hecktor remembers the time he fought his true enemy: bureaucracy.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hearing screaming from the shed, the party come to the conclusion that this isn't their problem. Hecktor reluctantly fights an angel while Pip is more concerned about the monster comma Frankenstein.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party finally enters Krezk and discovers the strange occurrences coming from the Abbey of Saint Markovia. Pip reads many headstones in the graveyard while Hecktor acquires the best weapon in the game: a shovel.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The party head deeper into the werewolf den and make an unpleasant discovery. Hecktor's fortunes keep coming true when they stumble upon the huntress and Pip gets more and more fed up with Emmanuel deMonster.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pip dismissively tells Hecktor about the Way of the Feather. Wolves set traps, visions are seen and ya boys cannot say this Orc's name no matter how hard we try.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hecktor talks to a reluctant Pip about who will help them on their quest to slay the devil Strahd. Assassins are thwarted, travelers met and important supplies are purchased that mostly consist of strawberries.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In horror Tiefany and Ser Hecktor the Beautiful watched. Unable to stop the strange otherworldly and inky black entity as it consumed Hecktor’s once childhood idol and Tiefany’s father, Ser Jordan Grace. Whatever foul rot lay within Fairburn Point seeped to its core and their only option was to flee. In the Capital a plan was hatched: Tiefany would go one way to gather the wealth of friends and family, and Hecktor would go another to find an army.You can follow Tieffany's story in Once Upon a Time in Zombie Plagued Chult or witness Ser Grace's downfall in Search for A'Helm.In this episode, Hecktor re-invents himself, gets saved by a chicken farmer and learns what a Direst Wolf is.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures show page on Apple podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music here. And head to peddlerspress.store to peruse our D&D themed merch store and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adventurers together, strong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't panic. This is fine. Things are fine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our ragtag group of heroes get an unwelcome surprise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a very tense conversation, we gear up for war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wheels within wheels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why come our own terrible decisions have consequences? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At some point you have to think the problem is us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is a trap still a trap if you knowingly walk into said trap? Asking for a friend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where no good deed goes unpunished. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And don't forget to download our sister podcast 'You Bald, Me Bald: Why So Many Combs?' for more poor retellings of O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glupple finds himself in the last place he imagined he'd be during his spirit quest: a party. Meanwhile, Treestump has a shocking revelation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big T will 100% get to the bottom of this. We guarantee. This riddle is so easy it's ridiculous. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Salmon fish is best fish. Speaking of salmon, come eat a delicious pub salmon while you watch our sister show Plumbing the Death Star at the Retreat Hotel on Monday the 6th of June! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glupple's spirit journey doesn't get any easier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Relax and drift off to sleep as Adam tell you a bedtime story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I like to think we're eternal optimists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.